Vidius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Vidius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Vidius
Evans, 1955

Species

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Recognised species in the genus Vidius include:

Former species

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  • Vidius anna (Mabille, 1898) - transferred to Moeris anna (Mabille, 1898)
  • Vidius fido Evans, 1955 - transferred to Fidius fido (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius laska Evans, 1955 - transferred to Psoralis laska (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius nappa Evans, 1955 - transferred to Nastra nappa (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius nostra Evans, 1955 - transferred to Rectava nostra (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius ochraceus Mielke, 1980 - transferred to Fidius ochraceus (Mielke, 1980)


References

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  1. ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.
  2. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.